Writing Instructions

Inserting Headers & Footers

MATERIALS NEEDED
1) A Mac computer, built by Apple, Inc.
2) Keyboard
3) Compatible Microsoft Word program

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TERMS TO KNOW

1. Menu Bar - The Bar that runs along the top of the
screen that has drop down menus of actions that can be used in the
program, along with their keyboard shortcuts.
2. Tabs - Sections of the Tool Bar that groups the types of
changes a user can make to a document. Example: Home Layout
Document Element and more.
3. Toolbar - Tools that can be used, within a program, to
create and alter a documents font, font sizes, colors, designs, layout
and more.
4. Header - A line or block of text appearing at the top of
each page of a document.
5. Footer - A line or block of text appearing at the foot of
each page of a document.
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GETTING STARTED
1) To add a Header, Footer or Page # within Microsoft Word,
launch the program.

2) Along the top of the programs window, you will find the
Menu Bar.

3) Select the View drop down menu.

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4) Select the Header and Footer option in this drop down

menu.

This will add a sectional window to enter text or page numbers within the window
for both Headers and Footers.

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5) Directly above the Toolbar, select the Tab Document

Element.
This will display a list of options

6) Find the Header, Footer and Page # layout that is

appropriate for your document.

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OPTIONS

OF

OPTIONS

HEADER TEMPLATES:

OF

FOOTER TEMPLATES:

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7) Enter your chosen Header, Footer and Page number, if

applicable.

8) To edit the Header, Footer and Page #:

a.
b.
c.

---REMEMBER TO ALWAYS SAVE

CLOSING THE PROGRAM.---

Double click on any of these items.

Make changes needed.
Select to close.

YOUR

DOCUMENT

PRIOR TO

TROUBLESHOOTING
Issue

Solution

There is a date and title header on each page. I

Go to the bottom right of your word document.

can change on the first and last page of the

There should be a tab there called, "Master

Newsletter but I can't change the interior pages.

Pages." Click on that tab, and simply edit the

They are fixed to the default data. Shouldn't the

header from there. For some reason you can't

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behavior be that you enter the title and date on

edit it directly on the "All Contents" tab.

the first page and it gets copied on all pages?

When I click on the inner pages, it won't change
at all. They don't seem linked, just stuck.

I want to be able to have different footers in different

sections or no footer at all in some sections. I cannot

Here's how to find the Header and Footer

options:

seem to be able to turn off the same as previous. The

button to turn it off doesn't seem to exist in this version
of word.

1. Open up a word document - look for the

text bar that starts with a Home icon, and
then has Layout, Document Elements,
Tables, Charters, Smart Art and Review. In
my version, it's the 3rd Nav bar down from
the top.

2. Then, from your top Nav Bar, you want to

select View, then Header and Footer. That
will get you into your header section. It
should also cause a new entry in tthat other
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Nav Bar to appear, called Header and

Footer. It should be highlighted in purple,
and will be inserted right next to the Home
icon

3. Click the purple Header and Footer Nav

Bar link. That should open up the header
and footer options, including linking to
previous sections, Odd/Even options, delinking, etc.

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